Páfi
Old Norse Dictionary - páfi
Meaning of Old Norse word "páfi"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word páfi can mean:páfi
- páfi
- a, m. [papa; Dan. pave; cp. Germ. pfaff]:—a pope, Grág. ii. 165, Nj. 281, Landn. (pref.); páfa boð, boðskapr, a papal message, Ann. 1310, Fms. x. 8, Bs., Ann., passim.
- páfi
- COMPDS: páfabann, páfadómr, páfadæmi, páfafundr, páfagarðr, páfalauss, páfaligr, páfastóll, páfatala, páfatíund, páfatrú, páfaveldi, páfavilla.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛅᚠᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- f.
- feminine.
- Germ.
- German.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pref.
- preface.
Works & Authors cited:
- Ann.
- Íslenzkir Annálar. (D. IV.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)